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Photography – Lake Eola 02-07-2008

Neil — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:55:52 +0000

Some pictures from Lake Eola this weekend…

More pictures here: [Flickr feed]

Why can't my tax dollars go to more parks like this?

Anser geese

Trumpeter Swans

Ducks?

Taken from the swan boat

My favorite HDR shot of the day

Night photography Christmas 2008

Neil — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:44:49 +0000

I usually hate looking at christmas lights.. But I figured it would give me a good opportunity to practice long-exposure shots on my new Canon SLR camera.

More night photography to come in the next few months…

HDR shot taken at f5.0, ISO 100, exposure bracketd at 1, 2, and 4 seconds

f5.0, ISO 100, 4 sec. exposure

f5.0, ISO 100, 2 sec exposure

HDR shot taken at f5.0 ISO 100, exposure bracketed at 1, 2, and 4 seconds

Jamaica trip 10/31/2008

Neil — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:48:45 +0000

Backdated pics from my trip to Jamaica back in late October / Early November. My friend Phil was getting married in Montego Bay, and who can pass up a chance to get loaded up on Appleton Rum and Red Stripe Lager ?

Some interesting notes from the trip:

We only saw two American cars on the entire time… And we spent a lot of time looking. Toyota has the largest market share by far.
Speed limits are taken as recommendations. Most people go much faster.
The stereotype of most Jamaicans being Rastafarian isn’t very accurate. The majority of Jamaicans are Christian and don’t smoke [marijuana].
Jamaican food is the shit. Jerk pork, plaintains, ackee and saltfish, rice and beans, escoveitched fish, etc. The best place for Jerk port in Montego bay is Scotchies on A1, just west of the Holiday Inn.

Protip: Air Jamaica flies directly over Cuba. Other airlines have to go around.

Taken from the hotel room

First successful long exposure taken with my new Canon SLR

Taken from the mini-island in front of the Holiday Inn Sunspree

Montego Bay

Jerk Chicken at the Port Pit, on Gloucester Avenue

Red Stripe, Hooray beer!

More pictures on my Flickr page: [link]

Tropical Storm Fay flooding

Neil — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:12:04 +0000

ISS - Tropical Storm Fay 8/20/2008

Some shots from sunny Melbourne Florida:

Driveway shot - knee deep water

The house on the right is ours...

Down the street

This is the only time of year I don't hate big trucks and SUV's... They were the only ones making it up and down the streets.

A beeched Chrysler 300 on University Blvd...

Dozens of kids floated by throughout the day

I saw an airboat drive by earlier but didn’t have my camera…

First post

Neil — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:03:57 +0000

Finally got around to starting a blog. I’ll be posting my ramblings on current tech projects, life, politics, religion, and anything else I find amusing. Stay tuned.